Holidays without Regrets

It’s that time of year…we love when it comes, then we are glad to see it go.  What if we could go into the season making better choices?  That way we come out of the season with a better experience.

1. Be a wiseman when it comes to eating… Did you know that the Calorie Control Council has calculated that the average American will consume 4,500 calories on Thanksgiving alone!¹ I think i have heard that an adult should be around 2,000 calories a day.  Here is a  link to a sight that will give you some alternatives to your T-giving meal.

As a rule: if I eat everyday, I should exercise everyday.  So if you eat two days worth of food in a day you probably need to exercise three-four times as hard as the average athlete each day after  for a week.  I don’t know about you, but I have learned “it” goes on faster and easier than “it” comes off.

2. Be angelic with your consumerism.  They don’t call it “black Friday” for nothing.  It’s when sanity and serenity are thrown out the door as we trample people to spend money we don’t have, on items we don’t need, to impress people we don’t like (some of them anyway).  AW Tozer said it well: “Christ came to bring peace, but we make peace impossible for six weeks each year.”

3. Be a good Inn keeper with space.  If the Inn Keeper that had no room for Mary, Joseph, and the soon to be King of Kings only knew then what we know, now don’t you think he would have even given up his own bed to make room for THE baby to be born (Luke 2)?  Life is really crazy over these months and weeks of holiday celebrations, office parties, gift exchanging, vacation taking, family visiting, and the list goes on.  Decide now and make time  to be a good keeper of your resources (time, talents, and treasures) and make sure the Savior of the World is noticeably INN your space.

 

1. accessed 11/23/11  http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slideshow/top-swaps-thanksgiving?cm_mmc=ETNTNL-_-736160-_-11232011-_-dek [↩]